Improvement in fruit-corers



.'Toall whom it may concern: *y Beit known that I, 0. W. ALEXANDER, of f Osage, county of Colorado, and State of Texas, `have invented a new and Improved Fruit- Corer and Ideclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing kwhich forms apart of this specitication. l My invention relates to that class of devices for stoning'or coring fruit and cutting itinto slices; and consists in three or more plates lhavin g their upper ends curved and sharpened to a point, so that when the fruit is pressed down upon them the core or stone will be nicely removed, while the fruit itself will be evenly divided into three slices. Figure lis a side elevation of my device. y, ig.'2 is aplan view of the same. t r A represents a metal ring or base., which is Vintended to be secured permanently or temporarily to a table or board, C, over an aper- ,ture large enough to let the core or stone fall `through iiitoareceptacle placed beneath. Fastienedzto this base *are three dat plate`s,'B, hav- 'ngtheirupperends sharpened to cuttingpoints .and edges, and curved so as to overlap each other ontheir inner edges, While the outer ones `STATES PATENT OFFICE.

oscAR W. ALEXANDER, on osAeE, TEXAS.

`IMPROVEMENT |N FRUIT-courus.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 133,914, dated December 17, 1872.

these curved ends should be just large enough to nicely cut out the stone or core ofi apples and peaches, letting it fall through the board or table, while the outer edges should project far enough to cnt through the .body ot' the fruit, thus dividing it evenly into three pieces. The points being sharpened in the manner shown makes the cutting much more easily and rapidly done. Secured to one end of the table or base C is a standard, D, to which a lever, G, having stud I, is attached, its opposite end being slotted and held in place by the standard H, for forcing the fruit down upon the points.

Having thus described my invention,what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. The plates B, having their ends sharpened and curved, in combination with the baseplate A, substantially as shown and described.

2. The lever G, pivoted upon standard D and having stud I, in combination with `plates B, forming a fruit-corer, substantially as set forth and described'.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as iny invention l hereto aiiix my signature this 5th day ofOctober, 1872.

. O. NV. ALEXANDER.

Witnesses:

LYLE J. LOGUE,

Vthe bottom.` The opening or hole formed Vby `project outward, increasing in width toward LYMAN W. ALEXANDER. 

